TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Celestials (Sun/Moon Info)
* Zone Forecasts
* Weekly Nutshell
* Morning Discussion
* Scroll below for your sections, or read all
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 7:05am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 6:05pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 11 hours

MOON:
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 7:28pm this evening
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 11:21am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (7.4%)
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ZONE FORECAST SUMMARIES
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ZONE 1 – Northern Region
(Southern VT, Southwest NH)
–High Temps (Today): Mid to Upper 50s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 30s to Low 40s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid 50s to Low 60s
–Winds: Light northwest winds, mostly calm tonight/tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy in the mountains partly sunny eastern Windham into SWNH, partly cloudy tonight, partly sunny tomorrrow
–Precipitation: A spot shower or two possible, otherwise mostly dry
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: None

ZONE 2 – Central Region
(Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT)
–High Temps (Today): Upper 50s to Low 60s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Low 40s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Low 60s
–Winds: Light northwest winds, mostly calm tonight/tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Partly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, partly sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: A spot shower or two possible, otherwise mostly dry
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: None

ZONE 3 – Southern Region
(South-Central MA, Northern CT)
–High Temps (Today): Upper 50s to Low 60s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Low to Mid 40s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Low 60s
–Winds: Light northlery winds, mostly calm tonight/tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Partly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, partly sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: A spot shower or two possible, otherwise mostly dry
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: None
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YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
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–Morning fog burns off and morning sunshine turns to a partly sunny day w/ afternoon clouds
–A spot shower is possible with highs in the mid 50s to low 60s
–Light northwest to north wind turns calmer tonight and tomorrow
–Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s and highs Wednesday into the upper 50s to low 60s, with lows in the low 40s Wed. night
–Thursday is the pick of the week, sunny, highs upper 50s to mid 60s, with lows in the mid 40s
–Friday clouds up, with first showers arriving by afternoon ahead of a warm front and the leading edge of increased moisture flux into the region, highs low to mid 60s, more humid
–Showers increase Friday night into Saturday as a coastal storm is spawned by midwestern upper low
–Rain could fall heavily at times on Saturday, especially east of the I-91 corridor, with gusty winds possible as well with highs in the 50s to low 60s
–Sunday into Monday looks windy on the back side of our departing storm system with gusts to 40mph possible with cooler highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s, but before we talk details let’s check a note from our local and delicious sponsor, #TandemBagelCo, with their newest location in the Stop & Shop Plaza on King Street in Northampton, MA.
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning everybody, did anyone see the graupel yesterday?

#LetANutKnow

Thanks for all of the rainbow pics!!

We could see a spot shower or two today, but not of the intensity or coverage we saw yesterday when some of us got a decent drink of rain in those transient showers.

It was a great cloud day!

For today, morning sun begets afternoon clouds thanks to cold air aloft. We’ll see some sunny periods, too, but the cold air will allow the heating of the day to kick up some vapor bubbles.

Any showers that form will die down tonight, and lows will drop into the upper 30s to mid 40s under partly cloudy skies.

For Wednesday, a partly sunny day is again expected after some patchy morning fog, with highs reaching the upper 50s to low 60s, with a few mid 60s readings possible south of the Pike.

High pressure builds in Wednesday night into Thursday night and kicks our upper level low out to sea finally, with Wed. night lows in the low 40s, and highs mostly in the low to mid 60s under sunny skies.

After Thursday night lows in the low to mid 40s, we will cloud up on Friday.

I will be watching a strong upper level low dig into the Great Lakes region as we move into Friday, and this is expected to spawn a coastal surface low pressure system off of the southern Mid-Atlantic coastline.

As moisture increases in the region into Friday afternoon, some scattered showers should start to move southwest to northeast into our area. Highs will be mild, reaching the low to mid 60s.

By Friday night into Saturday our storm will track closer, but the storm track will be important in determining how far west heavier rains are flung. The track and speed of deepening also will play into how far storm winds develop.

For now, I would think gusty winds over 25 or 30mph would be relegated to CMass and northeast CT, with less here in the WMass area up into SVT and down into northwest CT.

However, this could change, so stay tuned for updates. The bottom line is that a showery and breezy day is expected Saturday with highs in the 55-60º range.

Showers should end at night, and then as the storm blows up over Maine, and strong high pressure starts to press in from our west, the pressure gradient will steepen substantially, allowing for northwest gusts of 25-45mph to develop the way it looks now.

I should note that the higher end of that range would likely be seen across the high terrain west of the CT River in VT and MA, and also into the Worcester highlands.

Gusty winds could continue Sunday afternoon, night and into Monday with highs only in the 40s to mid 50s both of those days and lows in the 35-40º range. Frost would be unlikely with gusty winds at night, but I will keep you updated.

As Ringo would say, I’m sending peace and love to your hearts, and I hope your life and the people in your life are as safe and healthy as can be today.

Be well…

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